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Tolsia High School

Summary:

Tolsia High School is a public high school located in Fort Gay, West Virginia, serving grades 8-12 with a total enrollment of 367 students. The school is part of the Wayne County Schools district, which is ranked 15th out of 55 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tolsia High School has a predominantly white student population, with over 98% of students identifying as white, which is significantly higher than the racial diversity seen in the nearby Wayne High School and Tug Valley High School. Academically, the school has consistently underperformed compared to the state and county averages in key metrics such as proficiency in mathematics, English language arts, and science. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 11% of Tolsia High School's 11th-grade students were proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state average of 17.9%. The school has also struggled to maintain a strong ranking and rating within the state, ranking between 47th and 108th out of over 100 high schools in West Virginia, with a rating of 0 to 3 stars out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

While Tolsia High School's spending per student, at $12,630 in the 2018-2019 school year, is higher than the nearby Wayne High School ($11,047) but lower than Tug Valley High School ($15,079), the school's academic performance has been on a downward trend, suggesting that factors beyond just funding may be contributing to the school's challenges. Additionally, the school has shown variation in the performance of different student subgroups, with the school ranking highly for its special education and low socioeconomic status students in certain years, but struggling with the performance of female, Hispanic, and English language learner students.


Detail:

Public 8-12

 1 Rebel Dr
       Fort Gay, WV  25514-9677

(304) 648-5566

District: Wayne County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
81st of 112 West Virginia High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,630 Help


Feeder schools for Tolsia High School:

Elementary:    Crum Pre K-8 School
    Fort Gay Pre K-8

Student/teacher ratio:  10.5 Help
Number of students:  367

Racial breakdown:

White:
98.1%
Hispanic:
1.1%
Two or more races:
0.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  52.7% Help


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Compare Details Tolsia High School ranks worse than 72.3% of high schools in West Virginia. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked high schools in the Wayne County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.54. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Tolsia High School has the smallest high school student body size in the Wayne County Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (98.1%), Hispanic (1.1%), two or more races (0.8%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Tolsia High School is 10.5, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the Wayne County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Tolsia High School is $12,630, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Wayne County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Tolsia High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Tolsia High School 81st of 112 West Virginia public high schools. (See Tolsia High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Wayne County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Wayne County Schools 15th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Tolsia High School

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Rank History for all students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 11.87 108th 111 2.7%
2010 33.26 84th 112 25.0%
2011 35.79 82nd 113 27.4%
2012 36.96 78th 113 31.0%
2013 29.34 87th 114 23.7%
2014 31.25 91st 115 20.9%
2015 27.46 94th 117 19.7%
2016 23.39 104th 119 12.6%
2017 58.58 47th 122 61.5%
2018 44.20 62nd 115 46.1%
2019 23.05 91st 114 20.2%
2021 10.84 108th 113 4.4%
2022 35.18 77th 112 31.3%
2023 31.07 77th 112 31.3%
2024 28.54 81st 112 27.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 26.75 36th 38 5.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 82.69 3rd 118 97.5%
2018 17.78 81st 103 21.4%
2019 22.41 68th 85 20.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 67.81 27th 121 77.7%
2018 64.19 33rd 112 70.5%
2021 14.92 103rd 111 7.2%
2022 74.79 21st 109 80.7%
2023 59.11 38th 107 64.5%
2024 55.41 45th 110 59.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 61.66 43rd 119 63.9%
2018 63.52 28th 111 74.8%
2019 27.28 83rd 109 23.9%
2021 19.33 95th 110 13.6%
2022 10.97 101st 108 6.5%
2023 22.95 93rd 108 13.9%
2024 23.97 87th 110 20.9%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.83 35th 84 58.3%
2022 59.67 28th 91 69.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 50.53 59th 122 51.6%
2018 20.46 96th 111 13.5%
2019 20.31 94th 109 13.8%
2021 10.71 104th 110 5.5%
2022 56.94 43rd 108 60.2%
2023 41.50 60th 108 44.4%
2024 37.92 69th 109 36.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 99.46 1st 82 98.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 14.76 56th 59 5.1%
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Rank History for White students at Tolsia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 57.04 49th 122 59.8%
2018 38.33 66th 113 41.6%
2019 23.70 89th 112 20.5%
2021 8.75 110th 113 2.7%
2022 32.58 80th 111 27.9%
2023 29.14 81st 112 27.7%
2024 25.59 83rd 111 25.2%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: West Virginia Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Tolsia High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 532 532
1990 556 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 556
1991 541 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 541
1992 532 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 532
1993 589 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 589
1994 580 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 581
1995 546 0 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 549
1996 546 0 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 549
1997 538 0 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 541
1998 520 0 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 523
1999 507 0 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 509
2000 468 2 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 473
2001 409 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 415
2002 422 1 2 2 1 n/a n/a 0 428
2003 422 1 2 2 1 n/a n/a 0 428
2004 441 0 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 446
2005 463 0 4 2 2 n/a n/a 0 471
2006 495 1 0 2 1 n/a n/a 0 499
2007 536 1 1 0 1 n/a n/a 0 539
2008 521 1 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 525
2009 502 1 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 505
2010 478 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 482
2011 458 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 460
2012 433 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 436
2013 440 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 443
2014 396 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 401
2015 389 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 396
2016 399 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 410
2017 411 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 418
2018 386 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 391
2019 388 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 393
2020 381 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 384
2021 372 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 374
2022 370 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 376
2023 360 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 367

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Tolsia High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 532 31.0 17.1 n/a
1990 556 42.0 13.2 37.6
1991 541 38.3 14.1 28.8
1992 532 39.0 13.6 31.8
1993 589 39.0 15.1 21.4
1994 581 40.0 14.5 35.3
1995 549 40.0 13.7 29.5
1996 549 40.0 13.7 29.5
1997 541 40.5 13.4 38.6
1998 523 38.6 13.5 38.2
1999 509 36.6 13.9 57.8
2000 473 39.2 12.1 78.2
2001 415 39.7 10.5 60.7
2002 428 39.6 10.8 61.4
2003 428 39.6 10.8 61.4
2004 446 40.3 11.1 63.9
2005 471 38.3 12.3 64.3
2006 499 38.3 13.0 63.7
2007 539 37.7 14.3 71.4
2008 525 39.2 13.4 54.5
2009 505 39.7 12.7 61.8
2010 482 39.0 12.3 53.5
2011 460 38.6 11.8 60
2012 436 40.6 10.7 63.8
2013 443 40.6 10.8 58.9
2014 401 37.6 10.6 n/a
2015 396 37.0 10.7 43.7
2016 410 36.0 11.3 51
2017 418 35.9 11.6 48.3
2018 391 36.9 10.5 63.7
2019 393 36.2 10.8 59.8
2020 384 35.5 10.8 61.2
2021 374 34.2 10.9 52.7
2022 376 33.3 11.2 n/a
2023 367 34.7 10.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Tolsia High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 532 31.0 17.1 n/a
1990 556 42.0 13.2 37.6
1991 541 38.3 14.1 28.8
1992 532 39.0 13.6 31.8
1993 589 39.0 15.1 21.4
1994 581 40.0 14.5 35.3
1995 549 40.0 13.7 29.5
1996 549 40.0 13.7 29.5
1997 541 40.5 13.4 38.6
1998 523 38.6 13.5 38.2
1999 509 36.6 13.9 57.8
2000 473 39.2 12.1 78.2
2001 415 39.7 10.5 60.7
2002 428 39.6 10.8 61.4
2003 428 39.6 10.8 61.4
2004 446 40.3 11.1 63.9
2005 471 38.3 12.3 64.3
2006 499 38.3 13.0 63.7
2007 539 37.7 14.3 71.4
2008 525 39.2 13.4 54.5
2009 505 39.7 12.7 61.8
2010 482 39.0 12.3 53.5
2011 460 38.6 11.8 60
2012 436 40.6 10.7 63.8
2013 443 40.6 10.8 58.9
2014 401 37.6 10.6 n/a
2015 396 37.0 10.7 43.7
2016 410 36.0 11.3 51
2017 418 35.9 11.6 48.3
2018 391 36.9 10.5 63.7
2019 393 36.2 10.8 59.8
2020 384 35.5 10.8 61.2
2021 374 34.2 10.9 52.7
2022 376 33.3 11.2 n/a
2023 367 34.7 10.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Tolsia High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,277 (10.1%) $11,353 (89.9%) $12,630

Data source: West Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Tolsia High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 91st of 114 High schoolsRanks 77th of 112 High schools
 11.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Tolsia High School)11.610
 1.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Wayne County Schools)16.619.9
 3.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)2421.5
 2.5%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Tolsia High School)46.345.1
 1.2%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Wayne County Schools)46.853.7
 6.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)51.849.9
 1.9%
11th Grade Science (Tolsia High School)19.721.7
 2%
   11th Grade Science (Wayne County Schools)22.329.9
 7.6%
   11th Grade Science (West Virginia)29.227.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students393367
 6.6%
African American10
 100%
American Indian00
Asian20
 100%
Hispanic24
 100%
Pacific Islander00
White388360
 7.2%
Two or More Races03

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tolsia High School

Tolsia High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Crum Pre K-8 School
Elementary : Fort Gay Pre K-8

Tolsia High School ranks 81st of 112 West Virginia high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 367 students attended Tolsia High School.

Students at Tolsia High School are 98% White, 1% Hispanic.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.

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